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INDIA is likely to hold its next meeting on August 31 and September 1 in Mumbai, sources said on Friday. They said it would be held in the format of the Bengaluru meeting with leaders first confabulating in an informal setting on August 31 before their main meeting the next day. «The opposition meeting will be a two-day affair and will take place on August 31 and September 1 with all leaders approving the dates,» a source said.

alliance. The MVA constituents had been holding parleys to schedule the meeting. Moreover, the sources also told the agency that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also met RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has discussed a host of issues, including the way forward for opposition bloc INDIA.

NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s conviction in a criminal defamation case on the grounds that the trial judge failed to explain why he deserved the maximum two-year punishment under the law and held that the continuation of his disqualification from Parliament would deprive proper representation to the people of his constituency. The decision paves the way for the revival of Gandhi’s status as an MP after being ineligible for 134 days and means that he could participate in the no-confidence motion debate against the Narendra Modi government’s council of ministers in the Lower House next week. Addressing a press briefing after the court’s stay, Gandhi said the “truth always triumphs".

Supreme Court which stayed conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his Modi surname remark, paving the way for revival of his Lok Sabha membership. Except the admonition given to Gandhi by SC in 2019 contempt proceedings, no other reason has been assigned by the trial court judge while imposing the maximum sentence of two years.

Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday urged the Chair to allow Rahul Gandhi to attend the House after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a criminal defamation case. When the House was taking up private members' business, Chowdhury urged Rajendra Agrawal, who was presiding over the proceedings, to allow Gandhi to attend the House.

Rahul Gandhi. Satyameva Jayate! This is the victory of INDIA," in Hindi. Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury expressed happiness over Supreme Court's decision.

Rahul Gandhi in the Modi surname defamation case. The Supreme Court has said that there was no reason given by the trial court judge in Gujarat for imposing maximum sentence, order of conviction needs to be stayed pending final adjudication. While the order was celebrated by through the Congress leadership and members, also the Opposition INDIA bloc, this does not mean the acquittal of the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from the Modi Surname defamation charges.

Supreme Court on Friday stayed the sentence of two years awarded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019 defamation case over 'Modi surname' remark. The top court said no reason has been given by the trial court judge for imposing maximum sentence, order of conviction needs to be stayed pending final adjudication. The court while granting relief to Gandhi said ramifications of the trial court’s order are wide.

Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament, on the orders and directions of the ruling party. As reported by ANI, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “The world and the country know that this has been done to shut Rahul Gandhi in the Parliament, on the orders and directions of the ruling party. What was the fault of Rahul Gandhi that he will apologise?...

Rahul Gandhi against the Gujarat high court's verdict today, Friday, August 4. He is seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case related to his "Modi surname" remark. The Gujarat HC had earlier refused to put Rahul Gandhi's conviction on hold in a defamation case over Modi's surname remark case that took away his Lok Sabha membership.

Congress leadership on Wednesday discussed the party's strategy for the next Lok Sabha elections with senior party leaders from Karnataka. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi were part of the discussions, where Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, besides AICC general secretary in-charge for Karnataka Randeep Surjewala, were present.

BJP leader and former Gujarat minister Purnesh Modi on Monday sought the dismissal of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's appeal in the Supreme Court against his conviction in a criminal defamation case, saying he has defamed all those bearing the Modi surname, particularly people belonging to the 'Modh Vanik' caste of Gujarat. Purnesh Modi had filed a criminal defamation case in 2019 against Gandhi over his «How come all thieves have Modi as the common surname?» remark made during an election rally in Kolar in Karnataka on April 13, 2019.

Congress on Saturday took a swipe at the BJP government at the Centre, saying ahead of assembly polls all ministers used to visit Manipur, but after the violence only the Union Home Minister visited the state with no tangible impact to show. The Congress also said that first it was former party chief Rahul Gandhi and now a delegation of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) who were in Manipur to listen to the pain, anguish and horror of both the communities, while appealing for peace.

Rahul Gandhi from Amethi for the first time. She defeated Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Rahul Gandhi during his recent visit to their fields, and expressed a concern regarding her son. When is Rahul Gandhi getting married? As the women asked Sonia Gandhi to get Rahul Gandhi married, the Congress MP from Rae Bareli in turn asked them to find a girl for him. To this amusing conversation, Rahul Gandhi said, “It will happen." During his last visit to the Haryana fields, Rahul Gandhi had promised some women farmers that he would invite them over to his mother’s house, 10, Janpath.

Congress high command has convened two meetings with the party leaders in Karnataka in New Delhi on August 2, apparently to quell the dissidence brewing for some time now, top party sources said. According to sources in the Congress, the first meeting will take place between the party high command and the top Congress leaders in Karnataka. «In that meeting, party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil, general secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Singh Surjewala, who is also the Karnataka in-charge and some other top functionaries will take part,» a Congress office-bearer told PTI.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the country is being divided into two classes and stressed on bridging the widening gap between the rich and the poor. Sharing a July 20 news clip of a vegetable seller turning emotional while narrating his woes due to rising prices of vegetables, Gandhi said, «The country is being divided into two classes.

Alliance (NDA) dispensation and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Manipur issue. A day after Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani accused the Congress leader of setting "Manipur on fire,", Rahul Gandhi issued the video message claiming that PM Modi has got nothing to do with the violence-hit state because he is the Prime Minister of only a few selected people.

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi charged on Thursday that the BJP-RSS are only interested in power and are working towards dividing the country as they do not care about the sorrow and pain of people. Addressing a Youth Congress programme virtually, Gandhi said, «The BJP-RSS only want power and can do anything to get power.

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ideology has set Manipur ablaze. He also said that PM Modi has nothing to do with the violence-hit northeast state because he is only the Prime Minister of a few, not all. “You would be surprised why is the PM of the country not going to Manipur and speaking on it.

MPs from I.N.D.I.A alliance will visit Manipur on July 29 and 30 to assess the situation in the northeastern state which is riven with ethnic violence since May 3. Several MPs of the 26-party alliance INDIA will be part of the delegation, according to PTI reports. Opposition leaders have been seeking to visit the violence-hit state over the past few days, however, they were denied permission in view of the situation there.